Ireland is under increasing pressure to reduce energy consumption to meet carbon
emission targets and protect an economy that is almost totally dependant on imported
energy. The implementation of no cost and low cost ...

In multi-attribute decision choice scenarios, although decision-makers desire access to very large sets of possible choice options (alternatives), their cognitive resources are limited. They may simply be unable to process ...

The provision of tools to focus user interaction in analysing data to come to a decision is the core principle of a decision supporting system. This became the inherent characteristic of decision support systems to ...

Open source software (OSS) is probably the best known exemplar of open innovation, with many practitioner-oriented publications having debated the merits and drawbacks of OSS in recent years. Nevertheless, much of the ...

The second key challenge noted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (2004) eBusiness Strategy report is the building of confidence among Irish SME's and Micro-enterprises in the development of online ...

Agile software development has caught the attention of both practitioners and academics in recent years. In spite of many anecdotes and papers describing lessons learnt the theoretical foundation of agile software development ...

An ongoing debate on agile methods focuses on the contradictions in software development, especially responding to change vs. following a plan, and people vs. processes. Unlike the ¿either-or¿ perspective adopted in the ...

There is a common perception that, while there may be some 'teething' problems experienced
during the initial transition to agile, people are much happier, engaged and ultimately more
productive in these environments. ...

Agile approaches to information systems development have become increasingly popular in
recent years, as more and more IS organisations are eager to capitalise on the alleged
opportunities and benefits they provide. ...

Around the same time as the emergence of agile methods as a formalized concept, the
management accounting literature introduced the concept of Beyond Budgeting as a performance
management model for a changing business ...

This paper investigates the tightness of budgetary control over projects in a large systems development multinational. This represents a case of extreme information systems development (ISD) failure en masse, where all but ...

Although there is a growing body of literature concerned with the adoption of
agile software development within a large organization, there is still very little in terms of
empirical research of practice. This research ...

The purpose of this study is to examine the drivers behind the certification of project managers in Irish organisations, to identify the benefits and drawbacks of project management certification and to determine whether ...

The central thesis of this paper is that Mathematical Economics can
provide a novel approach to the examination of offshoring business decisions and
provide an impetus for future research in the area. A growing body of ...

A recent trend has seen the significant growth of governments outsourcing IT projects to private sector partners. However, despite the high risk of failure in public sector IT projects, the literature on outsourcing risks ...

Businesses are increasingly operating in extremely turbulent
environments necessitating the need to respond and adapt to change more
quickly and improve overall time to market. From an Information Systems
Development ...

The growth and popularity of e-commerce has both challenged and enabled public sector
organizations to redefine their levels of service. E-government provides unparalleled
opportunities for governments to streamline ...

The growth and popularity of e-commerce has both challenged and enabled public sector organizations to redefine their levels of service. In the late 1990¿s E-government provided unparalleled opportunities for governments ...